MOTHER AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM – Kontum, Vietnam

$25.00

Kontum is a diocese in the Central Highlands, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia. The majority of the population is ethnic Bahnar, who live in remote areas. We are called to serve these people, in five villages. Women and children suffer from malnutrition due to poverty, food insecurity, and lack of access to essential nutrients like protein, calcium, and vitamins. These issues lead to long-term health problems such as stunted growth, weakened immunity, anaemia, and complications during pregnancy. This project is aimed at providing milk and nutritious food to children and women living in poverty to improve their health and help them live with dignity.

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Kontum is a diocese in the Central Highlands, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia. The majority of the population is ethnic Bahnar, who live in remote areas. We are called to serve these people, in five villages. Women and children suffer from malnutrition due to poverty, food insecurity, and lack of access to essential nutrients like protein, calcium, and vitamins. These issues lead to long-term health problems such as stunted growth, weakened immunity, anaemia, and complications during pregnancy. This project is aimed at providing milk and nutritious food to children and women living in poverty to improve their health and help them live with dignity.

Barlow, Shelley

Sr Shelley Barlow

Shelley Barlow was born in seaside Mordialloc in 1941 and grew up in Oakleigh Victoria. Shelley taught at her Alma Mater Sacred Heart Girls’ College Oakleigh, but her teaching, parish and motor mission ministry was mostly in WA. Short-term Ministry in the Philippines, Vietnam and Myanmar was a great joy for her. The heightened experiences of interculturality and finding the face of God in the other, have been bright highlights in her life. Currently Province Vicar she also enjoys pursuing her passion for creation spirituality through retreats and book clubs.